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#YASummerShowdown 2015, Week 1: In Sync

The first week of Showdown 2015 is in the books, and it was def. one to remember! It might be early in the game, but the competition's already shaping up to be a great summer of book love!

Meet the Teams

The team Tumblrs are all now unlocked for everyone's perusal, so please peruse away! Along with the challenge and photo hunt posts, each team's Tumblr features a team roster to better get to know the Showdown players, some of whom have included social media handles as well.

The Showdown players also made book recommendations from their recent reads, all of which can be found on the individual rosters or on the master rec list.

Puzzle 1: Emoji Redux

For Puzzle 1, teams deciphered a series of emoji codes into YA book titles that would give the password to unlock their team Tumblrs. Think you can crack the code? (Check here to see if you're correct!)

Extra pants to ATXFYA, for submitting the correct answers within the first three hours; and FYADFW and NYCFYA, for doing so within the first twelve hours.

Challenge 1: Dubsmash

For Challenge 1, teams created YA-themed dubsmashes. (And, if they're anything like me, they also learned what this newfangled Dubsmash thing is.) Many dubs were smashed* -- so many that we gamemakers couldn't just choose 1 fave each, we had to up it to 3, and we loosened our bonus deadline for this first week only -- but these standouts were the faves of Showdown HQ!

Avatar: The Last Airbender (FYADC); The Baby-Sitters Club (NYCFYA); Bring It On (ATXFYA);

Scoreboard Update

With the end of Week 1 comes our first look at the scoreboard! Scores are still constantly being added, but the upstart rookie ATLFYA has bolted out of the gate with an early lead, followed closely by wiley verteran ATXFYA.

But if you follow the Showdown Hub, you already know we're ALL winners for being treated to the fun and creative posts by all our awesome teams. CANNOT WAIT for seven more weeks of this kickassery!